Nonprofit Tax Exemption
New Orleanians are being priced out of the city. Can the next assessor make a difference?
By Katie Jane Fernelius
Source: Verite News
September 26, 2025
New Orleans is at an inflection point. The city is losing businesses and residents, with many saying they simply...
Property tax breaks eyed as panel examines ways to get rid of income tax
By Wesley Muller
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
December 2, 2022
A panel of state lawmakers is studying the possible elimination of personal and corporate income taxes in Louisiana. One...BGR Evaluates Assessor’s Progress on Property Assessment Reform in New Orleans
November 19, 2019
Today, BGR releases Assessing the Assessor: Progress on Property Assessment Reform in New Orleans. The report evaluates whether and...
New Orleans City Council wants nonprofits to pay more in taxes, but obstacles are many
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
September 24, 2019
The New Orleans City Council is looking for ways to get nonprofits to contribute more to the city’s bottom...City leaders to scrutinize property tax breaks for nonprofits
By Sabrina Wilson
Source: Fox 8
August 29, 2019
NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) – As large numbers of homeowners are outraged over higher property assessments, members of the...
Assessor: proposed hotel probably wouldn’t get tax exemption
By The Associated Press
Source: The Associated Press via WWL-TV
March 12, 2019
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Orleans Parish tax assessor says he’s told convention center officials that a $558 million...Planned New Orleans convention center hotel would not qualify for tax exemption, assessor says
By Tyler Bridges
Source: The Advocate
March 10, 2019
Erroll Williams, the Orleans Parish tax assessor, is complicating plans for a hotel that officials of the Ernest N....
Should New Orleans have a drainage fee? City Council member is wary
By Beau Evans
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
December 20, 2018
New Orleans Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer warned this week that she would not support any new fee levied on residents...Nonprofit status for New Orleans convention center hotel? Looks like ducking taxes, assessor says
By Richard Thompson
Source: The Advocate
November 22, 2018
As negotiations continue behind the scenes over the terms of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s proposed 1,200-room high-rise...Cantrell calls for $84 million a year in infrastructure spending, bringing S&WB into City Hall
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Advocate
August 31, 2017
In the midst of new concerns about the reliability of the Sewerage & Water Board’s drainage system and longstanding...